Plant bed burner



March 29, 1932. w. E. TAYLOR ET AL 1,851,378

PLANT BED BURNER Filed May 21, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Jylar Q By A llomey March 29,1932. w. TAYLOR ET AL PLANT BED BURNER Filed May 21, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [nuenlor I/ZZ ZJZ ZW A llomey Parmesan/ ei. 29;.1932

WALTER E. TAYL R. AND JOSEPH M.) reyjnomfor amcntrom), izENTucKY PLANTBEDYBURNER 1 Application filea nay 21,

This invention relates to aplant bed burner and it has more particular reference to. a,-

tobacco beds.

a lt'is a-matter'ofrcominon knowledge that tobacco beds are burned to expedite and faciIitatethe growing of tobacco. As a gen-.

eral rule, this {particular phase of: tobacco. I growing involvesa hardship and taskfor the attendant; The workis tedious and slow; and 'at the present: time make-shift means-and methods are resorted to. s i This necessitates the building ;of fires and raking of the fire by hand. Due to excessive heat,itis diflicult for the attendant and farm hands to face the hot fire, and as a 'generalrule, j it is necessary to: rowv and spread the the by pushing andpulling it with forks and other ya make-shift hand implements.

have evolved and produced a simple and economical portable device on which the fire may be built in a substantially intact manw, the device being in the-nature of a sled In thedrawings: I

' equipped with anappropriate open-work Figure l is a topplanview of the complete device. r Figure 2 is a the same. p Figure 3 is a cross section'takenapproximatelyon the plane ofthe line 3-3 ofFigP ure .1; i

Asbeforestated, the device is in the'nature of a portable grate equipped sled. The sled is composed. of a plurality of spaced parallel longitudinal runners 4 whose front ends are upturned as at hand whose rear ends 6 are upturned in a substantially similar manner. The rear ends are secured together by a tie 50' 7 There is a similar tie bar8 at the'front.

-- With the foregoing difliculties in mind.'we

longitudinalsectional View of:

193051 aia-a sisisi 1 i' Theforward'end of the outerlnost, run-2* nersincludes horizontal-extensions 9 having terminal hooks-1O with which suitable draft means (notsshown')" may be connected for pulling the'sled over thegroundfi "Extend-v. 5'5 ingncross the front and attached" to the. e tensio-nsSiis a connecting bar 11. Attachedfi to. this bar are inclined/braces 12 eitending downwardlyand fastened to -a companion connecting strip or bar 13. i

The numeral 14 designates generallythe fire receiving grateJf'This is in the nature of woven wire fabric ofappropriate PI'OPOItlOIlS'f v and textureb This is laid on the runners and" securedthereto by a pair of converging fas -65- tening strips 15 which extend rearwardly: and connect with a crossbar l6. Supplemental attaching strips are represented; at-17 r and these are suitably fastened to ther'u'nners therebeneath. i "There is another clamping an'd attaching stripat 18near the rear ofithe structure and i the reariend'ofzthe grate'indicated at 19 is ex;

tended upwardly to'form an apron and this i is anchored, on'thet barf7at the rear of the '75 l runners."

"The forward "aprons- :2 0 fastened to thei .bar 8. I The gist of the structure,iitwill be seen is in the provision of appropriately bent,

runnersfor smooth draft and dragging pure '80 poses,ftogetl1er with an openwork' igratefi I mounted "thereon and suitably fashioned toaccomn odate the wood and. other 1 fuel used:

in building firethereon; Particularly dowe draw "attention to the provision of'the curved ends of the runners and especially to a.

the forward portion of the structure which andthe draftconnecting hooks "10. lvforeove'r we wish to emphasize construction incorporating the multiplicity of inclined braces 121as Well as the parts-15,

16, 17a'nd-1 8for securely fastening the grate; in atautgstate on topof the runners. 1 In practice, the attendant preparesthe bed? is provided with the outstanding extensions? as is usual for burning. The device saves approximately one-half -of'the' labor on preparing the WQOtlu It is permissible with this device to .burn' rougher coarser, heavier and more wood such as WouldotherwisebeWaste the rigid when using the old and obsolete hand process.

I After a good fire is once started it is permissible to burn either seasoned or green wood with successful results.

5 The device consumes approximately half as much wood as would be utilized by the hand method. The device is built on the ground. thereby keeping the fire next to the ground where it is needed. The grate is of steel woven wire appropriately reinforced for strength and the openwork design permits the hot coals to be dropped through on the ground and this makes an exceptionally good fertilizer for the plant. The sled-like device.

can be hooked to any sort of draft appliance and moved from place to place so as to expedite ground coveragein the bed burning operation.

It is thought that persons skilled in the Z -art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore,

a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary. We claim:

.1. A plant bed burner of the class described comprising a sled including a plurality of'spaced strips, each strip having each end bent upwardly, said strips forming runners. cross strips resting on the upper faces of the runner strips and connected therewith, each of the cross strips being spaced inwardly from the turned up portion of each runner strip, a cross strip connected to the turned up portions of the runners at each of the forward and rearward ends of the device, wire mesh resting on the runners and the cross strips and having its ends connect- 40 edto the strips which are connected to the turned up portion of the runners whereby the ends of the wire mesh extend upwardly to form aprons. Y

2. A plant bed of the class described comprising a plurality of runner strips spaced apart and each having its ends turned upwardly, across strip at each endof the device and connected with the curved portion of the runner strips, a sheetof wire mesh resting on the runner strips and having its ends connected with the'cross strips, 21 pair of cross strips placed inwardly from the turned up ends of the runners and extending across the wire mesh, the portions of the wire mesh between the pair of strips forming upwardly extending aprons, a cross strip connected with the upper ends of the front portions of the runner strips. and brace bars connecting the last mentioned strip with the forward or front strip which passes across the wire mesh.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

WALTER E. TAYLOR. f JOSEPH. M. TAYLOR. 

